Hosiery-finishing apparatus.



P M e W 6 ..m J 7 I m Pu M a m w n m w? J. H. BHINE. HOSIERY FINISHING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1 1. I916.

m w 8 J 1 1 l i UNITEII) STATES PATENT F V JOHN H. BRINifi, OF KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO PARAMOUNT HOSIERY FORM DR'YlNG (10.. OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HOSIERYFINISHING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

'Patented l a1. 6, 1917.

Application filed September 11, 1916- Serial No. 119,51-

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Kenonhu, in the eonnty of li enoshn and Stilit m iiitr-onsin, ,l'nive inrented ort-din new and Useful "linprovcnients in liosior grl fi niehingr Apparatus, of whirl: the follow ing is zifsii eviiiua tion, reference being hint therein to the. neeoin uiuying' drawing.

lo, This invention relates broadly to hosiery finiehing tll'flluliitliS and has more mrtienlor 1 :renue to the drying and shaping of lmsiery.

The manHim-Lure l5 hosiery- \i'hii'h is a type ol'- hosiery that is formed. to iii. more' erl'evtiy mid has a seam at the 1mui -----hos heretofore involved the use (during the (trying (it such article) of a board or form provided nith a seamreceiving Q'IIQO'VD or depresion at one side providing-the forms with :1 groove at the 3:0 nnd etnhility to be pron of the rear edge of the board or form. Where wooden boards were em giloyed, this 7 "us -"r'endered necessary because the edges of the board were not oi suflieient dimension .ed with a groove or dQPIGS'SlOl'I and, also, to withstand the Wear and tear in handlnio: 1n the use of metal -i'omne, the practice has been to follow that nppertzi-ining to theWooden-bozrrds, of

'Bide of the rear edge In both insto noes, the production of rig 5"" and. letts has remilted; that to say, a hair of stockings (for instzun-e) when finished would have the 3-5 seam of one oi. the puir located-on. the right side of its' rear central line, While the seam. of the other would be at the left. This noi .essituted the use 0:]? two different hoards for i a, pain of hose, with the grooves or depresioiisions i-t opposite sides of the rear cent-ml l hne; jind, in consequence, involved the care- 1 iiiilscleetion of snr'h boards for that purrigl'its 'rodiiet in one l'iiiennd unotl ier seriesloi le'f'ls in'odii rt inn different pile.

bu 'ieijise to the nmn i. El! 7 'lhereirtteri, the mirin r of. rights and lefts was required." hiiilllfl-tfildy, this involved :1 very i-oi iiii-orn'iile amount of labor and care-nude oonseqm-rnt m'iditional e'.\'- urer. .lvlineover the roar (I'KHfl n'oilucod "lay the {inns-hingoperafion would he invented {itone side of the some nod. till; not exiwtly along a deeii-zil'alu line. X 01 \i'iti'ietziniilingthese iery se ions diiiieuL 35 Live and bjectionable resnlte, the produeand,

:o, the sorting of one series oi? tion of rights and lofts has been prociirnllythe universal practice in fuli-ifashioned" hosiery mills for mgny years.

l t the object of the present invention to overcome these diflienlties, to simplify so the operation of hoarding fi.i lifnsli ioned" hosiery, and to produce hosiery with the seam disposed in ninore desirablepo si tion.

It is a further object of the inventionto nroduce u crease along the seam-line of the hosiery.

In order that the invention mny more I readily be comprehended, I append hereto drawings, these being illustrative of oertziiin desiruhle embodiments and litilizations of the invention; it being understood, however, that theillustrated embodimentsnmy the modified to a eonsidernble extent without de 'mrting from the spirit thereof.

In these drawings: K Figure 1 ayiew in perspective ofnn internally-heated metal form with a full-- fashioned stocking superposed thereon, the latter ibein' shown as broken away at one portion to disclose the seam as seated in the sewn-receiving. groove in theform in ac;- eordnnce with my invention;

Fig. isa fragmentary View, in

Fig. 3' is a similar View on a la rgerscale;

section Fig. i is a VlGW of a, modification;

Referring to the drawings sind to Figs. 1 to 3 thereof, the reference-nnme1'al l indicates a stocking, of the full-fashioned type, provided with aseam 2 formed in the usual, or in any preferred, manner.

To dry, shape andfinish the goods, it holloii' metal form 3, adapted to be heated from" within to any desirable and predetermined temperature, is utilized; and this is provided with arezshnpedsides 4, these being nl'rnped to present oppositelybulged @wtnees, preferably and as shown. These nurtures convergent their margins and terminute in :i relntively-redneed edge 5 which is adapted to grease and shape one 'portion ---the front poiilon 'fi oi tliestooking. 'liie surfaces oonverge at the opposite Portion oi the Form fllSO-iI-lld terminate in an, edge 7 in whit-h is formed 11 groove 8- extunding iUl'iiXlillHiiHd-il) of the form from near the base 9 thereof to a point 10 inst beyond the toe seetion thereof. Th s groove,

preferably and as shown, in 'Fige ihas .and in thedirection o walls 11' which converge toward the creaseproducing edge 5. In other words, these walls not only conver e toward each other said-edge butare in substantial parallelism with the'conv'erg ing surfaces of the walls which terminate tiallyseated in the groove.

{ tion I "creased stocking, as'at '13. Therefore, by means of.

v this instrumentalit'y and the enabledto .at its opposite lines,-which heretofore have sible. "tioned centrally instead'of at the side of in the edge 5.

Preferably. and as shown, the dimensionsof the groove are such as to 10 be less than the diametral dimension of the seam 2; consequence of which theseam isbut par- Thus, a. porof; the -'sea 1n.lies beyond the plane ofv the form and presents a; crease-producing instrumentali-ty which is marked 12'. -When a stocking is stretched 1:011 stretching the bulged-sides of the form-this instrumentality corresponding in effective function toYthe edge 5-tends to form a effect on the external surface .ofthe.

effect -;a creasing .of, the article not been postherebyposi- Moreoven the seam is a' central line, as heretofore, and o a new article of inanufactureis consequently producedq In :Fig. 4, I have shown the-form prov vided with a groove: 14 "which has curved Walls'.*" This type-of roove may in some instances be more suitable for the seam;

of unusual form.

especially if the seam is it will be perceived From the foregoing,

thatI have devised a new hosiery-finishing device and,- also a novel method of producin'g .a new article of manufacture portion'being prov producing edge.

. hollow to contain a "eat the for'inthis being accomplished or augmented edge 5, Pam.

portionsand along desirable groove arranged in approximate with and edge? I I g In testimony'whereofl afli-x' yslgn re in presence cit-two namely, a hosiery-article having its seam disposed along a-cen'tral line, and'with its external surface formed into a crease. I

'What I. claim is: I i

1. A hosiery drying andsha ing form comprising sides bulged away from each other and; converging to terminatingat one'p reduced crease-prod ion in a relatively with a groove of which the walls corive e toward the crease- 2. A'hosiery dryin and; shaping form, ing medium and comprising two op' tely bulged hosieryshapingsurfaces whit;

tions being frelatively reduced to effect a creasing action on the hosiery being dried thereon,"the other edgebeing provided with a groovein approximate alinement with the ...edge, the opposite I ward each other and I are beveled toward their edge portions, one" of said edge;p,or-

creaseproducingedge at the opposite'portion of the form.

3. A hosiery drying and-shaping 'form, hollowto contain a heating-medium and,

having its sides beveled land terminating'in two edges one of which is relatively r'e- I duced to produce a crease in', the hosiery dried thereon, with an elongated V-sha'ped seam-receiving alinement PI opposite to the crease witnesses;

J N HEY Room U. KIM ALL, Guns; L. Benson.)

and the other edge provided 

